May 2013: Watch how Yemeni families are receiving treatment for their children's malnutrition.

SANA’A, Yemen, 21 May 2013 - Born just over a year apart, sisters Onood and Ohood Nassar Al Hajria may face very different futures. Ohood’s eyes shine and sparkle as she plays with her younger sibling. Slightly unsure, 3-year-old Onood looks up at her older sister for approval.

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Ali Mohamed Ghaleb’s five daughters give him a special interest in supporting the innovative Food For Girls’ Education Programme that WFP has been operating in Yemen since 2007. The 44-year-old retired military officer says it helps him keep them in school

SANA’A—Ali Mohamed Ghaleb heaves a 25-kilogram bag of wheat over his shoulder and says that without it, he'd have a hard time putting his five daughters through school.

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Operation Highlights

Somalia is the country generating the third highest number of refugees in the world, after Afghanistan and Iraq. UNHCR leads protection and emergency relief interventions targeting 700,000 IDPs out of a total IDP population estimated at 1.1 million and over 2,300 refugees in Somalia.

Yemen’s chronic humanitarian crisis threatens to undermine recent moves towards political stability, warned the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Ismail OuldCheikh Ahmed.

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Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

SANA’A [ACTED News] – A poor harvest in 2012 combined with fragile livelihood systems and food price volatility has contributed to increasing food insecurity in Yemen, affecting a staggering 46% of the population. In response to the crisis, ACTED has provided agricultural kits to 6,000 vulnerable households in Ibb, Raymah, and Ad Dhalee Governorates. This project is supported by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

WFP continues its efforts to deliver food aid to five million people in a challenging operating environment. New funding will be needed by end-June to avoid supply problems.